diff --git a/app/models/notification.rb b/app/models/notification.rb
index 8ad6a0fab21d069bff2207844a1ca5a475272b59..5fd5117f216409cbaed381c673402ab31936f39b 100644
--- a/app/models/notification.rb
+++ b/app/models/notification.rb
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ class Notification < ActiveRecord::Base
   end
 
   def self.notify(recipient, target, actor)
-    return nil unless target.respond_to? :notification_type
+    return nil unless target.respond_to?(:notification_type) && recipient.person != actor
 
     note_type = target.notification_type(recipient, actor)
     return nil unless note_type
diff --git a/spec/models/notification_spec.rb b/spec/models/notification_spec.rb
index e3644db8cea4a24d82f7eaec95b29dbf9a3947f3..1881aec22b5b40872df82012d31823f65103e67f 100644
--- a/spec/models/notification_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/notification_spec.rb
@@ -73,6 +73,11 @@ describe Notification, :type => :model do
         Notification.notify(@user, @request, @person)
       end
 
+      it "does nothing if told to notify oneself" do
+        notification = Notification.notify(@user, @request, @user.person)
+        expect(notification).to eq(nil)
+      end
+
       describe '#emails_the_user' do
         it 'calls mail' do
           opts = {